of u.s. economic sanctions for building a joint pipeline with the rand in order to stave off an energy crisis washington though says it won't tolerate the deal despite its heralded alliance with. your company our top story than protesting against abuse most prisoners are on hunger strike according to lawyers for some inmates several prisoners is said to be so sick indeed they're coughing up blood while others are being hospitalized and force fed through tubes in the stomachs authorities downplaying the strike said no incidents of abuse were recorded but political analyst ryan doss news written extensively on guantanamo told us these are the first strikes of this type. they really have very little other recourse other than a hunger strike it's not the first hunger strike they had it before in two thousand and five and the u.s. is denying that this strike is as large as it is and downplaying the strike saying